Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 35.8 years in 1953: 37.2 for women and 34.5 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 92,536 people died; 15.6% of them were 65 or older and 54.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

35.8

Women

37.2

Men

34.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

176.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

356.8

Deaths

92,536

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.3

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

472

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

415

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	186.32	213.52	37.2	34.5
1-4	62.47	65.33	43.5	41.4
5-9	10.94	11.40	51.0	48.9
10-14	5.98	5.59	48.8	46.6
15-19	6.20	6.43	45.2	42.9
20-24	7.15	9.10	41.5	39.2
25-29	8.37	9.64	37.9	35.9
30-34	9.70	10.30	34.4	32.5
35-39	11.11	11.67	31.0	29.1
40-44	12.28	14.11	27.7	25.7
45-49	13.39	16.95	24.2	22.4
50-54	16.53	21.35	20.7	19.2
55-59	22.44	27.90	17.3	16.1
60-64	32.82	38.95	14.1	13.1
65-69	49.88	56.42	11.1	10.4
70-74	77.47	86.99	8.6	7.9
75-79	117.06	131.88	6.5	5.9
80-84	177.99	200.50	4.8	4.3
85-89	255.98	296.71	3.6	3.1
90-94	370.03	437.81	2.6	2.2
95-99	489.58	580.28	2.0	1.7
100+	617.82	716.33	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1953

Year

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